흉년
Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 凶年, from 凶 + 年.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [çuŋɲʌ̹n]
- Phonetic hangul: [흉년]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | hyungnyeon |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | hyungnyeon |
| McCune–Reischauer? | hyungnyŏn |
| Yale Romanization? | hyungnyen |
Noun
흉년 • (hyungnyeon) (hanja 凶年)
- (agriculture) lean year, year of poor harvest
- Antonym: 풍년(豊年) (pungnyeon)
- bad year, famine
- 올해 농사가 흉년이 들어 수많은 사람들이 굶주리고 있다.
- Olhae nongsa-ga hyungnyeon-i deureo sumaneun saram-deur-i gumjurigo itda.
- Thousands are going hungry because of the failure of this year’s harvest.
Derived terms
- 흉년(凶年)에 윤(閏)달 (hyungnyeone yundal, “ill comes often on the back of worse”)
- 흉년(凶年)거지 (hyungnyeon'geoji, “a beggar in a lean year”)
- 흉년작(凶年作) (hyungnyeonjak, “a bad crop”)